FRANCISCO DE PAULA MARTYNEZ DE LA See also:ROSA (2789–1862)
, See also:Spanish statesman and dramatist, was See also:born on the loth of See also:March 1789 at See also:Granada, and educated at the university there
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He won popularity with a See also:series of epigrams on See also:local celebrities published under the See also:title of El Cementerio de momo
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During the struggle against See also:Napoleon he took the patriotic See also:side, was elected See also:deputy, and at See also:Cadiz produced his first See also:play, Lo que puede un empleo, a See also:prose See also:comedy in the manner of the younger See also:Moratin
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La Viuda de See also:Padilla (1814), a tragedy modelled upon See also:Alfieri, was less acceptable to the Spanish public
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Meanwhile the author became more and more engulfed in politics, and in 2814 was banished to See also:Africa, where he remained till 182o, when he was suddenly recalled and appointed See also:prime See also:minister
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During the next three years he was the most unpopular See also:man in See also:Spain; denounced as a revolutionist by the Conservatives and as a reactionary by the Liberals, he alienated the sympathies of all parties, and his See also:rhetoric earned for him the contemptuous nick-name of Rosita la Pastelera
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Exiled in 1823, he took See also:refuge in See also:Paris, where he issued his Obras literarias (1827), including his
Arte poetica, in which he exaggerated the See also:literary theories already promulgated by Luzan
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Returning to Spain in 1831, he became prime minister on the See also:death of See also:Ferdinand VII., but proved incapable of See also:coping with the insurrectionary See also:movement and resigned in 1834
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He was See also:ambassador at Paris in 1839–1840 and at See also:Rome in 1842–1843, joined the Conservative party, held many important offices, and was See also:president of See also:congress and director of the Spanish See also:academy at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of his death, which took See also:place at See also:Madrid on the 7th of See also:February 1862
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As a states-man, Martinez de la See also:Rosa never See also:rose above mediocrity
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It was his misfortune to be in place without real See also:power, to struggle against a turbulent pseudo-democratic movement promoted by unscrupulous soldiers, and to contend with the intrigues of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, the See also:court camarilla and the See also:clergy
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But circumstances which hampered him in politics favoured his career in literature
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He was not a See also:great natural force; his See also:early plays and poems are influenced by Moratin or by Melendez See also:Valdes; his Espiritu del siglo (1835) is an elegant See also:summary of all the commonplaces concerning the See also:philosophy of See also:history; his Dona See also:Isabel de See also:Solis (1837–1846) is a weak See also:imitation of See also:Walter See also:Scott's See also:historical novels
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Still his place in the history of Spanish literature is secure, if not eminent
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Through the happy See also:accident of his See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile at Paris he was thrown into relations with the leaders of the See also:French'romantic movement, and was so far impressed with the innovations of the new school as to write in French a romantic piece entitled Aben-Humeya (183o), which was played at the See also:Porte See also:Saint-See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin
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The experiment was not unsuccessful, and on his return to Madrid Martinez de la Rosa produced La ConjuraciOn de Venecia (See also:April 23, 1834), which entitles him to be called the See also:pioneer of the romantic See also:drama in Spain
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The play is more reminiscent of Casimir See also:Delavigne than of See also:Victor See also:Hugo; but it was unquestionably effective, and smoothed the way for the bolder essays of Rivas, See also:Garcia Gutierrez and See also:Hartzenbusch
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